re: magnetic drain plugs

["Joseph Ames" <JosephAmes@msn.com>]

In almost twenty years of driving VW/Audis, I never had one break loose and I 
hot-rodded every one of 'em. As I recall, I got the idea from an old Peterson 
book on the early Rabbits/Sciroccos.

>> Radio Shack used to sell little round magnets for less than a quarter that 
I 
>> fit into a Beetle transmission drain plug, glued with epoxy.
>> 
>> If they still sell them, I think it would fit Audi's.
>
>Sounds kinda scary -- what if the glue gives up? And how does those 
>generic magnet stands to heat?